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Takket

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8. i have AT&T VOIP and a Verizon cell phone. Most people i know only have the cell phone

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Sun Mar 24, 2024, 06:52 PM

Mar 2024

I keep the home phone because i have an ANCIENT bundle price with it they don't even offer anymore lol and as insurance in case the cell phone ever doesn't work.

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Landlines are dying out. But to some, they're a lifeline. [View all] question everything Mar 2024 OP

I've had the same landline number for 30 years kimbutgar Mar 2024 #1

63 years here - same phone number since marriage No Vested Interest Mar 2024 #3

32 years malaise Mar 2024 #11

Same landline number foe 42 years. I will not get rid of it. Trueblue1968 Mar 2024 #13

I've always had one. Arthur_Frain Mar 2024 #19

I learned that they survive hurricanes way better than cell phones. Just unplug the electric handsfree and plug malaise Mar 2024 #2

When the cell towers go out or all the power is out, landlines continue to operate. PSPS Mar 2024 #4

Our main reason for keeping our landline as long as we did was for emergencies... Hekate Mar 2024 #5

I don't get cell service RSherman Mar 2024 #6

I don't have a land "line" but have had a cordless VoIP phone for 20 years now elocs Mar 2024 #7

What about rural areas that do not have Internet connection? Or low income that cannot afford it? question everything Mar 2024 #16

i have AT&T VOIP and a Verizon cell phone. Most people i know only have the cell phone Takket Mar 2024 #8

I have a land line and cell phone. No plans to get rid of my land line. Fla Dem Mar 2024 #9

Same here. And then there are some who are trying to text to my landline question everything Mar 2024 #17

This happens to me all the time. Even moonscape Mar 2024 #18

I converted my ATT landline to an ATT cheap plan cell phone 2 years ago. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2024 #10

I had my last landline in the early 2000s. Straw Man Mar 2024 #12

I have a landline. Beacool Mar 2024 #14

We have a landline with a residential cordless system and two of these: Stinky The Clown Mar 2024 #15